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Barry Chapin (chapin@draper.com) (bwc2809@support7) wrote:

: Are there any books written about (or that contain) the subject of
: patent law, or intellectual property law, which are NOT reference
: books, like treatises or textbooks, etc.  I am looking for maybe a
: novel or other "story" which may incorporate an IP theme.  It may
: be that there are no such books, but "The Partners" is worth posting
: about anyways.

I don't know how widely avaliable this is, but the JPTOS (Journal
of the Patent and Trademark Office Society,) which, as far as I
can understand, is usually a dry type of thing, has in its January 
issue (v77, n1) a lovely story about an attorney who works in a small 
branch office of a large firm doing patent prosecution.  I really 
liked it.  It's just 8 pages, and snuggles uncomfortably between 
"Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) News" and "Traversing the Section
112, Paragraph Six Field of Land Mines: Does In re Donaldson
Adequately Defuse the Problems? (Part II)" but it's worth seeking 
out.  Title and author after the quote below.

Sharon

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	"Eighteen months!  What is this, a major piece of litigations?"
	"That's just how long the Patent Office usually takes.  It's not
our fault.  Just your federal government at work."  He winked at Edwards.	
	"Fine," said the man, and hung up.
	Not more than a moment passed before the phone rang again.
	"Listen.  Something I want to know.  Are you going to bill me
for that last call?"
	"No," Drubner replied, "but I am going to bill you for this one."
---
From "The Lure" by Steven Frank.  JPTOS, January 1995, pp. 21-29.